According to CoinMeta, NVIDIA became aware as early as 2025 that Huang Le had been detained by the Singaporean police and proactively inquired about the situation with senior officials from the US Department of Commerce. A few weeks later, US officials responsible for investigating megaspeed, a company associated with Huang Le and suspected of chip smuggling, began to face strict restrictions. By the end of the year, the Department of Commerce was ordered to cease its investigation. NVIDIA's Chief Legal Officer Tim Teter directly called the Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Commerce, Jeffrey Kessler, to inquire whether the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under his jurisdiction was involved in the Singaporean police's detention of Huang Le. Concerned that NVIDIA might use its high-level connections to influence the investigation, the investigators forwarded the matter to Kessler. At the end of 2025, the US Department of Justice requested the Department of Commerce to stop the investigation and took over the criminal probe. Sources involved in the investigation revealed that BIS already had evidence sufficient to continue the investigation at that time but was forced to halt it. In response, NVIDIA stated that it contacted the US Department of Commerce to provide information, understand regulatory requirements, and assist in preventing the illegal transfer of chips.